The story of a half-Chinese, half-British immigrant who used her talent as a writer to raise awareness about the unfair treatment of Chinese Americans in the era of Exclusion.
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The story of a lifelong activist who advocated for suffrage and equal rights on local, national, and international stages.
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The story of America’s first self-made Black female millionaire and how she built a beauty empire that celebrated and empowered Black women.
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Three outfits representative of the fashions designed to support women as they engaged in new forms of recreation, including bicycling and exercise classes. A companion art activity accompanies this resource.
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A document that outlines the differences between male and female education at coeducational land grant colleges like the Agricultural College of Utah.
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The story of a world-traveling investigative journalist who used her career to shed light on the horrors of urban life and break gender stereotypes.
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The story of a brilliant and prolific MIT-trained chemist who fought for healthier homes and communities through the home economics movement.
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The story of a woman who fought to create community and opportunity for black citizens in Jim Crow Richmond, Virginia and went on to be the first black woman bank president in the United States.
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Two images that show women at work in different settings: at home in an urban tenement and in a factory in the rural South. The images also point to the challenges of working motherhood.
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The story of the college educated founder of Hull House, who went on to inspire a generation of social reformers and peace activists.
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